Telephone attachment.



B. E. DETRIGK. TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED IEB. 14,1908.

929,404. I v Patented July 27, 1909. T

ATTORNEYS- UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

BENJAMIN E. DETRICK, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, BENJAMIN E. DETRICK, citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Albany,'in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented a new and- Improved Telephone Attachment, of which the following is-afull, clear, and exact deuse of both hands while talking.

The invention has in View the provision of a construction comprising a bracket, and a frame for carrying the receiver of the tele- -phone,'swingingly mounted on the bracket and adapted to rest on the circuit-controlling arm of the telephone when swung to a depressed inoperative position, and release said arm when swung upright in. position for use. 1 The invention further residesin certain vspecial features of construction as will be hereinafer particularly described and set forth in the annexed claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a face view of a desk telephone with one embodiment of my improved attachment applied thereto, showing the framev for holding t e receiver, in full lines, in operative position, and in dotted outline when swung'to a' depressed, and ino erative position; Fig. 2 is a section throng the receiver on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section through the telephone stand on the line The invention essentially consists of a laterally projecting bracket 5, and a frame 6 'swinginglymounted on the bracket, having ear when he is at a, proper distance, for talking, from the transmitter. Both the bracket and the frame are each preferably constructed of a single len'gth ofwire, the wire forming the bracketfbeing bent upon itself intermediate its length to form a loop, as indi'cated at 8, and the'loop itself being bent areund, and conforming to, the stem of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 14,- 1908. Serial No. 415,822.

Patented July27, 1909.

telephone stand, as best shown in Fig. 0. The .free ends of the Wire pass tangentially from the stem after encircling the same about two-thirds of the circumference, and

the bottom wire is thereafter bent upwardly across the lateral offset portion of the bracket 5, one of the strands is offset and passes through the coil 10, which construction effects the hinge or pivotal connection between the bracket and frame. The free ends of the wire forming the frame are extended a suitable distance beyond the coil ].0, diverging slightly, and each, at its extremity, is constructed with a seat 12 produced by bending the wire upon itself in the manner shown, these seats being of such shape and diameter as to conform to the reduced portion of the receiver and encircle the same about twothirds of its circumference. This manner of connecting thebraoket to the stemof the transmitter stand and the receiver to the frame, admits of the bracket and frame being readily strip ed from these parts and applied trolling arm 13, of t e telephone, and will rest on this arm and break the circuit when the receiver and frame are de ressed to the position shown in dotted out ine in Fig. 1. Vhen, however, the telephone is to be used, the frame carrying the receiver is swung to an upright position, in which position it will be held in readiness for use by the contact of the foot 11 with the lateral offset portion of the bracket, these parts striking after a preponderance of the weight of the frame and receiver is thrown to the front of the attachment,whereby the tendency of the frame will be to remain in an upright position.

Having thus described my invention I for claim as new and desire't'o secure by Letters Patent:,i

1. In an attachment for tele hones, a wire bracket having means for hof ding it in v seats itsel intermediate its length to provide a loop and having the said loop bent to removably engage the stem of the telephone, one of the free ends of the wire of the bracket forming said loop passing upwardly and connected with the other and having a laterally-projecting coil at its extremity, and a frame composed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself intermediate its length and crossing said lateral offset portion of the bracket, with one of the free ends of the wire passing through the coil, and both of said free ends having seats at their extremities for holding the re-:

ceiver ofthe tele hone.

In a telep one attachment, a wire bracket having means for holding it in fixed. positionand provided with a lateral oflset portion. at its outer extremity, and a wire frame pivotally supported on said lateral offset portion of the bracket and having a portion movable in the path thereof, providing a stop, and with seats carried by the frame for receiving and'holding the receiver of the telephone.

4. In combination with a telephone having a supporting stand and provided with a circuit-controlling arm projecting therefrom, a wire bracket removably embracing said stand, having a laterally-projecting offset portion, and awire frame pivotally connected to the. lateral ofiset portion of the bracket, having seats for holding the receiver of the telephoneand adapted to rest on said arm when moved to a depressed and inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN E. DETRI(.-K.

Witnesses:

SAMPSON G. ROBERTSON, CHARLIE H. HAMMEnsMrrH. 

